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The FDA DID NOT end its ‘ban’ on blood donations. It EASED the restrictions. There is a MASSIVE difference.

Before:

Men who have sex with men must ABSTAIN from sex entirely for 3 months to donate.

Now:

People who have sex with a NEW partner, or more than one partner, in the last three months, cannot donate. And still no anal sex for 3 months before you donate.

Slightly better? Yes.

Now EVERYONE is being judged by the same criteria. But…. To say “No anal sex for 3 months before you donate” is STILL primarily targeting gay men.

And that is not better.

I remain perplexed, since it’s not like the labs aren’t checking donations to make sure you don’t have some surprise disease (I know someone who learned they had leukaemia from a donation).

Make a note and let them donate.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65566500

—@ipstenu

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In reply to @jason.

@jason Well, for starters, because Bluesky has promised federation, but has yet to do so. Next, there are concerns about what BS will do with content it has access to as a result of federation should it federate, because apparently it's the typical data hoover with the typical end result, selling data to create revenue. Hope this is helpful.

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Twitter’s announcement of so-called “end-to-end encrypted” direct messages is complete garbage and an exercise in gobbledygook. Here’s the major caveats:

1. It’s not available to all Twitter users — you must be subscribed to Twitter Blue
2. It must be deliberately opt-in for use
3. You can only send encrypted messages to people who follow you
4. Does not work with groups
5. Only works with text or links — don’t even think of encrypting photos!
6. Where are these messages being stored?

With all those caveats, why use Twitter’s end-to-end encryption at all?

Even Elon Musk doesn’t trust this feature right now. He’s said, “try it, but don’t trust it yet.”

https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2023/05/11/musks-long-promised-encrypted-messages-finally-launch-on-twitterwith-major-caveats/?sh=65495f4070a5

@socialmedianews@venera.social

—@atomicpoet

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Sometimes criminals close the door when plotting crimes.

“We should ban doors!” 🚫🚪

Sometimes criminals hide weapons under their clothes.

“We should ban clothes!” 🚫👖

🙃

Do not fall for these misguided arguments.

Most of the time people use end-to-end encrypted apps to talk about the most mundane things.

Sometimes vulnerable people use end-to-end encryption to protect themselves and stay safe.

We should keep and cherish encryption.

We should demand it everywhere.

End-to-end encryption protects our human right to privacy and safety.

We must fight for it! ✊🔒

#RootForE2EE #E2EE #Encryption #Privacy

—@Em0nM4stodon

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It amazes me when people toss around scary percentages around youth identifying themselves as queer as proof of anything other than increased awareness leading to younger people actually finding out there are words they can use to describe themselves.

It’s like left-handedness. Look at that spike! OMG! It’s an epidemic! People are *making* other people left-handed! We need to stop it somehow!

Or, y’know, we stopped demonizing it and people got to be themselves. Could be that.

—@NathanBurgoine